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Focusing Investigations on Weights and Planes

In this video from Teachers As Learners, teachers in a professional development workshop take part in a hands-on, inquiry-based learning activity, where they investigate the relationship between weight, the distance of the weight from a fulcrum, and torque. Learn how the introduction of a thinking tool can help teachers organize their ideas and further their understanding of scientific concepts.

You may find it useful to watch this video with a group of your colleagues and then discuss it together.

What inquiry skills did you see being practiced in the video?

How might the experience of learning by inquiry for adults be similar to or different from that of your students?

Some adults have not had much formal opportunity to learn through inquiry. How might you help a colleague unfamiliar with inquiry improve his or her understanding of inquiry and increase his or her willingness to add inquiry-oriented strategies to the classroom?